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Fact sheets
Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] February 2012
Facts on American Teens' Sources of Information About Sex [PDF version] February 2012
Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012
Facts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Of Adolescent Women in the Developing World [PDF] June 2010
Datos sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres adolescentes en el mundo en desarrollo [PDF]
Datos sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud guatemalteca [PDF] July 2008
Datos sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud hondureña [PDF] July 2008
Datos sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud nicaragüense [PDF] July 2008
Datos sobre la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud salvadoreña [PDF] July 2008
Facts on Young Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF version] June 2008
Adolescents in Malawi [PDF] July 2006
Adolescents in Uganda [PDF] July 2006
Adolescents in Ghana [PDF] June 2006
Les adolescents au Burkina Faso [PDF] June 2006
Sexuality Education and Abstinence Education Policies in U.S. Public School Districts December 1999
"State Policies in Brief"
An Overview of Minors' Consent Laws [PDF] May 2012
Minors' Access to Contraceptive Services [PDF] May 2012
Minors' Access to Prenatal Care [PDF] May 2012
Minors' Access to STD Services [PDF] May 2012
Minors' Rights as Parents [PDF] May 2012
Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions [PDF] May 2012
Sex and STD/HIV Education [PDF] May 2012
Highlighted policy articles
Preventing Cervical Cancer: New Resources To Advance the Domestic and Global Fight [PDF version] March 2012
Sneha Barot
Guttmacher Policy Review
Advancing Sexuality Education in Developing Countries: Evidence and Implications [PDF version] August 2011
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Teen Pregnancy Among Young Women In Foster Care: A Primer [PDF version] June 2011
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Winning Campaign: California's Concerted Effort To Reduce Its Teen Pregnancy Rate [PDF version] June 2010
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Worldwide, Young People Speak Up for Their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, but U.S. Policy Lags [PDF version] December 2009
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Renewing a Focus on Prevention in U.S. Global AIDS Policy [PDF version] November 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
A Long and Winding Road: Getting the HPV Vaccine to Women in the Developing World [PDF version] August 2007
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Family Planning Clinics in Providing the HPV Vaccine [PDF version] August 2007
Rachel Benson Gold
Guttmacher Policy Review
Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Case for a New Approach to Sex Education Mounts; Will Policymakers Heed the Message? [PDF version] May 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review
Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means [PDF version] October 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
Legislating Against Arousal: The Growing Divide Between Federal Policy and Teenage Sexual Behavior [PDF version] August 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
The Public Health Promise and Potential Pitfalls of the World's First Cervical Cancer Vaccine [PDF version] March 2006
Cynthia Dailard
Guttmacher Policy Review
Teenagers' Access to Confidential Reproductive Health Services [PDF version] November 2005
Cynthia Dailard and Chinué Turner Richardson
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
U.S. Global AIDS Policy and Sexually Active Youth: A High Risk Strategy [PDF version] August 2005
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Comprehensive Approach Needed To Combat Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Youth [PDF version] March 2004
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Beyond Slogans: Lessons from Uganda's ABC Experience [PDF version] December 2003
Susan A. Cohen
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Understanding 'Abstinence': Implications for Individuals, Programs and Policies [PDF version] December 2003
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Teen Pregnancy: Trends And Lessons Learned [PDF version] February 2002
Heather Boonstra
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
State-Level Policies on Sexuality, STD Education [PDF version] August 2001
Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Expanding Eligibility And Improving Outreach Under CHIP [PDF version] June 2001
Rachel Benson Gold and Adam Sonfield
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Sex Education: Politicians, Parents, Teachers and Teens [PDF version] February 2001
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
School-Based Health Centers and the Birth Control Debate [PDF version] October 2000
Cynthia Dailard
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
Adolescent Care Standards Provide Guidance for State CHIP Programs [PDF version] June 2000
Rachel Benson Gold
The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy
"In Brief"
Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud guatemalteca [PDF] November 2007
Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud hondureña [PDF] November 2007
Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud nicaragüense [PDF] November 2007
Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF] September 2007
Maternidad temprana en Guatemala: un desafío constante [PDF] November 2006
Maternidad temprana en Honduras: un desafío constante [PDF] October 2006
Maternidad temprana en Nicaragua: un desafío constante [PDF] September 2006
Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006
Adolescents in Malawi: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] March 2005
Adolescents in Uganda: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] March 2005
Adolescents in Burkina Faso: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] December 2004
Early Childbearing in Nigeria: A Continuing Challenge [PDF] December 2004
Adolescents in Ghana: Sexual and Reproductive Health [PDF] June 2004
Highlighted research articles
Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg and Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2012
Teens Reflect on Their Sources of Contraceptive Information [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann E. Biddlecom, Luciana Hebert and Ruth Milne
Journal of Adolescent Research, March 2011
The More Things Change...: The Relative Importance of the Internet as a Source of Contraceptive Information for Teens [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones and Ann E. Biddlecom
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, February 2011
Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010
Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007 [PDF]
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Mark Orr, PhD, Laura D. Lindberg PhD, and Daniela C. Diaz
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 7, July 2009
Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries [PDF version]
Ann Biddlecom, Kofi Awusabo-Asare and Akinrinola Bankole
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2009
Non-coital sexual activities among adolescents [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Rachel Jones and John S. Santelli
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 43, Issue 3, September 2008
Adolescents' views of and preferences for sexual and reproductive health services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda [PDF]
Ann E. Biddlecom, Alister Munthali, Susheela Singh and Vanessa Woog
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Nyovani Madise, Johannes John-Langba, and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Factors Associated with Sexual Abstinence among Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Caroline W. Kabiru and Alex Ezeh
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
HIV/AIDS and Sexual-Risk Behaviors among Adolescents: Factors influencing the use of condoms in Burkina Faso [PDF]
Georges Guiella and Nyovani Janet Madise
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Influence of social connectedness, communication and monitoring on adolescent sexual activity in Ghana [PDF]
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare. Ann Biddlecom and Augustine Tanle
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in four African Countries [PDF]
Nyovani Madise, Eliya Zulu and James Ciera
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Knowledge of correct condom use and consistency of use among adolescents in four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Fatima H. Ahmed, Stella Neema, Christine Ouedraogo,and Sidon Konyani
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Metaphors We Love By: Conceptualizations of Sex among Young People in Malawi [PDF]
Chi-Chi Undie, Joanna Crichton, Eliya Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Perceptions of risk to HIV Infection among Adolescents in Uganda: Are they Related to Sexual Behaviour? [PDF]
Richard Kibombo, Stella Neema and Fatima H. Ahmed
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Prevalence and meanings of exchange of money or gifts for sex in unmarried adolescent sexual relationships in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Ann E. Biddlecom, and Eliya M. Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Sexual Behavior, Knowledge and Information Sources of Very Young Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Ann Biddlecom, Georges Guiella, Susheela Singh and Eliya Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
The Timing and role of Initiation Rites in Preparing Young People for Adolescence and Responsible Sexual and Reproductive Behaviour in Malawi [PDF]
Alister C. Munthali and Eliya M. Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007
Reports
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity [PDF] February 2012
Kathryn Kost and Stanley Henshaw
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity [PDF] January 2010
Las necesidades de salud sexual y reproductiva de las adolescentes en México: Retos y oportunidades [PDF] January 2010
Fátima Juárez, José Luis Palma, Susheela Singh y Akinrinola Bankole
Adolescent Marriage and Childbearing in India: Current Situation and Recent Trends [PDF] June 2009
Ann M. Moore, Susheela Singh, Usha Ram, Lisa Remez and Suzette Audam
Meeting Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Nigeria [PDF] June 2009
Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Friday Okonofua, Collins Imarhiagbe, Rubina Hussain, Deirdre Wulf
The Impact of Laws Requiring Parental Involvement for Abortion: A Literature Review [PDF] March 2009
Amanda Dennis, Stanley K. Henshaw, Theodore J. Joyce, Lawrence B. Finer and Kelly Blanchard
Views of Adults on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Evidence from Ghana [PDF] June 2008
Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Akinrinola Bankole and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
Asegurar un mañana más saludable en Centroamérica: Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud de hoy [PDF] May 2008
Lisa Remez, Elena Prada, Susheela Singh, Luis Rosero Bixby and Akinrinola Bankole
Protecting the Next Generation in Uganda: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs [PDF] March 2008
Leila Darabi, Akinrinola Bankole, Kalundi Serumaga, Stella Neema, Richard Kibombo, Humera Ahmed and Paul Banoba
Adults' Perceptions of Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Evidence from Uganda [PDF] February 2008
Richard Kibombo, Stella Neema, Ann M. Moore and F. Humera Ahmed
Protecting the Next Generation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF] December 2007
Ann E. Biddlecom, Laura Hessburg, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Leila Darabi
Protecting the Next Generation in Malawi: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs [PDF] December 2007
Jonathan Wittenberg, Alister Munthali, Ann Moore, Eliya Zulu, Nyovani Madise, MacBain Mkandawire, Felix Limbani, Leila Darabi and Sidon Konyani
Protéger la prochaine génération au Burkina Faso: Nouvelle évidence sur les besoins de santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescents [PDF] November 2007
Aurélie Gal-Régniez, Georges Guiella, Christine Ouédraogo, Vanessa Woog, Dieudonné Bassonon, Leila Darabi and Susheela Singh
Protecting the Next Generation in Ghana: New Evidence on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs [PDF] November 2007
Laura Hessburg, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Joana O. Nerquaye-Tetteh, Francis Yankey, Ann Biddlecom and Melanie Croce-Galis
Qualitative Evidence of Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences in Uganda [PDF] October 2007
Stella Neema, Ann M. Moore and Richard Kibombo
Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health: Qualitative Evidence from Ghana [PDF] August 2007
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare and Ann Biddlecom
Les adultes face aux comportements des adolescents difficultés et enjeux [PDF] March 2007
Christine Ouedraogo, Vanessa Woog et Oussimane Ouedraogo
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda: Results from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents [PDF] August 2006
Stella Neema, Fatima Ahmed, Richard Kibombo and Akinrinola Bankole
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Malawi: Results from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents [PDF] July 2006
Alister Munthali, Eliya M. Zulu, Nyovani Madise, Ann M. Moore, Sidon Konyani, James Kaphuka and Dixie Maluwa-Banda
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: Results from the 2004 National Survey of Adolescents [PDF] June 2006
Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Ann Biddlecom, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme and Kate Patterson
Qualitative Evidence of Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences in Selected Districts in Malawi [PDF] June 2006
Alister C. Munthali, Ann M. Moore, Sidon Konyani and Bernie Zakeyo
Santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescents au Burkina Faso: Résultats d'une enquête nationale en 2004 [PDF] April 2006
Georges Guiella et Vanessa Woog
Expériences d'adolescents en santé sexuelle et reproductive au Burkina Faso [PDF] March 2006
Christine Ouedraogo, Vanessa Woog et Guédalia Sondo
Qualitative Evidence on Adolescents' Views of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] March 2005
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Ann E. Biddlecom, Christine Ouedraogo and Vanessa Woog
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uganda: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] December 2004
Stella Neema, Nakanyike Musisi and Richard Kibombo
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Malawi: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] December 2004
Alister C. Munthali, Agnes Chimbiri and Eliya Zulu
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ghana: A Synthesis of Research Evidence [PDF] June 2004
Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Albert M. Abane and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
Santé sexuelle et de la reproduction des jeunes au Burkina Faso: Un etat des lieux [PDF] May 2004
Georges Gueilla
Annotated Bibliography on HIV/AIDS and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] November 2003
Vanessa Woog
Why Is Teenage Pregnancy Declining? The Roles of Abstinence, Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use [PDF] December 1999
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh
Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth [PDF version] January 1999
Jennifer J. Frost and Selene Oslak
Memos and statements
Teen Pregnancy Rate Declines: A Response to Adolescent & Family Health [PDF] April 2003
Audio clips
Guttmacher Exchange - In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Men June 2008
Interview with Akinrinola Bankole March 2008
Listen to and interview with Dr. Akinrinola Bankole, Director of International Research at the Guttmacher Institute about findings from the Protecting the Next Generation project in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Archived reports
These older Guttmacher reports contain information that is out of date. In many instances, more current information is available elsewhere on the Guttmacher Web site.
Risk and Protection: Youth and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] January 2004
Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries: Can More Progress Be Made? [PDF] November 2001
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and The Study Team
Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives [PDF] January 1998
Sex and America's Teenagers [PDF] January 1994
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